po·lem·ic (p -l m  k)n. 1. A controversial argument, especially one refuting or attacking a specific opinion or doctrine. 2. A person engaged in or inclined to controversy, argument, or refutation. adj. also po·lem·i·cal (- -kl) Of or relating to a controversy, argument, or refutation. [French polémique, from Greek polemikos, hostile, from polemos, war.] po·lem i·cal·ly adv. |
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| Adv. | 1. | polemically - involving controversy; "criticism too polemically stated" |
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